casket• The bed had been taken down to make room for the flowers and chairs and casket.• Few of those skeletonsresting in caskets in the Catacombssported hands.• Mavis stood with her back against the rear wall, near the drinks bar; peering at the open casket.• She had watched him go amongst the caskets, then lift one of the lids, peering inside.• The sides of the casket are richly ornate in artisticenamel work and includes cameopaintings of the Kenilworth and Larne clubhouses.• Seth promised that the casket would be given to the person who fitted inside it perfectly.• No one had gone up to the casket itself to pay their respects.• Because of the bulletwounds, the casket had been closed, which was a relief for him.
(NAmE) ➡ see also coffinADJECTIVE | VERB + CASKET | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤wooden木棺材➤closed, open合上蓋的/打開蓋的棺材◇an open-casket funeral開放靈柩葬禮➤flag-draped覆蓋着旗幟的靈柩◇the flag-draped caskets of soldiers coming home覆蓋着國旗的回國士兵的靈柩VERB + CASKET➤carry抬棺材➤close蓋上棺材▸➤lower放下棺材◇The casket was lowered into the grave.棺材放進了墓穴。➤drape覆蓋棺材◇The casket was draped with a large flag.靈柩上覆蓋着一面很大的旗幟。PREPOSITION➤in a/the casket在棺材裏